TEHRAN – The director of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Public Relations Department said on Saturday that “illusion of Shia crescent” is a “failed scenario” propagated by the U.S. and the Zionist regime of Israel.

General Ramezan Sharif made the remarks in response to attribution of the sentence “Shia crescent is being formed” to IRGC chief Mohammad Ali Jafari.

Attributing this sentence to the IRGC commander is “a partial interpretation” and “distortion” of his analysis of the situation in the Mideast region, Sharif stated.

He added that the U.S. and the Zionist regime of Israel make accusations against Iran in line with their policy of “Iranophobia” and “Shiaphobia” with the aim of causing schism in the Islamic world.

He also described the strategy of Shiaphobia and illusion of Shia crescent as “defeated propaganda”.

NA/PA